[Federal Register: July 29, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 145)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 
Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH), National 
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) announces the following subcommittee and committee 
meetings:

    Name: Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH), 
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), and 
Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction and Site Profile Reviews of 
ABRWH, NIOSH.
    Times and Dates: 1 p.m.-4 p.m., August 23, 2004, Subcommittee. 9 
a.m.-8:30 p.m., August 24, 2004, Full Committee. 8 a.m.-4 p.m., 
August 25, 2004, Full Committee.
    Place: Shilo Inn Suites, 780 Lindsay Boulevard, Idaho Falls, 
Idaho 83402, telephone 208/523-0088, fax 208/525-8420.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The subcommittee meeting room accommodates approximately 20 people 
and the committee meeting room accommodates approximately 65 people.
    Background: The Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health 
(``the Board'') was established under the Energy Employees 
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) of 2000 to 
advise the President, through the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services (HHS), on a variety of policy and technical functions 
required to implement and effectively manage the new compensation 
program. Key functions of the Board include providing advice on the 
development of probability of causation guidelines which have been 
promulgated by HHS as a final rule, advice on methods of dose 
reconstruction which have also been promulgated by HHS as a final 
rule, evaluation of the scientific validity and quality of dose 
reconstructions conducted by the NIOSH for qualified cancer 
claimants, and advice on petitions to add classes of workers to the 
Special Exposure Cohort.
    In December 2000 the President delegated responsibility for 
funding, staffing, and operating the Board to HHS, which 
subsequently delegated this authority to the CDC. NIOSH implements 
this responsibility for CDC. The charter was issued on August 3, 
2001, and renewed on August 3, 2003.
    Purpose: This board is charged with (a) providing advice to the 
Secretary, HHS, on the development of guidelines under Executive 
Order 13179; (b) providing advice to the Secretary, HHS, on the 
scientific validity and quality of dose reconstruction efforts 
performed for this Program; and (c) upon request by the Secretary, 
HHS, advise the Secretary on whether there is a class of employees 
at any Department of Energy facility who were exposed to radiation 
but for whom it is not feasible to estimate their radiation dose, 
and on whether there is reasonable likelihood that such radiation 
doses may have endangered the health of members of this class.
    Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda for this meeting will focus on a 
subcommittee working session; program status reports from NIOSH and 
Department of Labor; site profile status; Privacy Act and FACA 
requirements; conflict of interest and quality assurance plan; use 
of uncertainty in dose reconstruction; scientific research issues 
update; subcommittee status; and a Board working session. There will 
be an evening public comment period scheduled for August 24, 2004, 
and a public comment period at midday on August 25, 2004.
    The agenda is subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Larry Elliott, Executive 
Secretary, ABRWH, NIOSH, CDC, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, 
Ohio 45226, telephone 513/533-6825, fax 513/533-6826.
    The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been 
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining 
to announcements of meetings and other committee management 
activities for both CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry.

    Dated: July 22, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-17214 Filed 7-28-04; 8:45 am]

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